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Minister pressured council to back giant AI data centre before permission was granted
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (53+ words) Planning Resource Reports on a government minister seeking to influence a data centre planning decision and an inspector refusing permission for a holiday let sauna following complaints from neighbours about debauchery feature in today"s planning news round-up....
MHCLG says huge green belt data centre approval should be quashed after admitting minister's "serious logical error" over environmental mitigation
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (107+ words) The government has admitted that the secretary of state for housing made a "serious logical error" in approving a hyperscale 72, 000-square metre data centre on green belt without an environmental impact assessment (EIA) or adequate mitigation measures and that the…...
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